i am in it right now
and my 2 week vacation from my vacation has ended, tiff has left. we did the tourist thing non-stop for the last 2 weeks: seaworld, dreamworld, byron bay, nimbin, gold coast, opera house, royal botanical gardens, sydney bridge, sydney aquarium, blah blah blah. it was really good times. and we celebrated my birthday in fashion with my sister and brother-in-law: got up early for a big breakfast, lawn bowling with beers, nap time, went surfing in the 37 degree weather, caught my first wave and actually stood up for more than a second, but then hit tiff in the head with my board (sorry, again), then had some thai food and a couple bottles of wine…
eep, im 22.
and i saw garden state, fantastic little film (and good site too, lots of behind the scenes and interviews and whatnot, which i would watch if i wasnt on dialup). so garden state is somewhere in my top 5 of the year, with eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, hero, f-911 just for its effect, and the life aquatic with steve zissou (which i havent seen yet, but am fully confident it will be simply amazing. stupid communist australia though, i gotta wait till march). garden state is eerily similar to my life, not just that we have the same name and apparently look the same and have the same mannerisms (so i’ve been told), but about family, reality, numbness, and ‘the infinite abyss’, its all andrew. so zach braff is my ‘celebrity twin’ as alex put it, and he even has his own blog! which makes sense because 2004 was the year of the blog. get on it people. communicating face to face is so 20th century.
so my first vacation on the gold coast for school is over, and my brief tiffany vacation is also over, now its time for my third vacation, the 4 month sit on my ass, play guitar, read lots, write lots, make tshirts, watch movies, hopefully get a job to save for a trip to new zealand, and obey every beck and whim of my pregnant sister. i thought i had my first crazy pregnant request when she asked for ice cream and sardines, but that turned out to be just a little communication mix-up.
well thats all for now. god bless. except for the god part.
glad to hear your 22nd was a success… though licking someone’s chin, asking to borrow a tampon, and pretending to be a french canadian hockey player woulda been pretty fucking hilarious to hear about.
i hope the 37 degree weather sticks around for another month… it’s bloody freezing here.
Comment by natalie — December 3, 2004 @ 2:19 pm
zach braff has his own blog?!? oh well that’s it, this is the last time i’m coming over here.. ! ahahahaha haha.
i LOVE garden state, and you ARE garden state.. hm, what conclusions can we draw from that?? xo
Comment by alex mccranium — December 4, 2004 @ 5:49 am
just wondering how long you’re really planning on staying in australia for. my sis is living/working in cairns right now and i’m planning a tentative trip down there … so just wondering.
Comment by Terra — December 5, 2004 @ 3:01 pm
hey terra, im here until april 4. cairns is like a 30 hour drive from here, but if youre in the sydney area and you need a place to stay or someone to show you around, i’d be happy to.
and sorry “natalie”, i’ll have to do your birthday list some other day…
Comment by andrew — December 6, 2004 @ 10:00 am
i will most definitely hold that to you ;)
excuse me, i have to go back to bed. i am slowly disintegrating into flu hell. goddamn meningitis…
Comment by sicky — December 7, 2004 @ 2:39 am
Oh my little Andrew…. how I miss you!!! Glad to hear you enjoyed the presents…. and that you are finally fulfilling your life time dream of having absolutely NO responsibilities! All this talk of Garden State makes me want to go and see it… with all the similarities I guess thats as close as i’m gonna get to seeing you until april rolls around.
Comment by Jeffy — December 7, 2004 @ 3:47 am
hmpph! my special little guy…
Comment by andrew — December 7, 2004 @ 8:25 am
What a great web site…
Comment by diet patch — April 1, 2005 @ 6:16 am